Hello Hello Hivians
Hello shadow hunters and hello to all you sunny positive people of the wonderful Hive blockchain.....
Strange title you might think! Well perhaps not it is me after all the mad Scotsman, but yesterday I had a nonscheduled appointment to get some vaccinations.
As I now give myself fortnightly injections of some live bacteria thing to combat my arthritis it means my immune system has been lowered significantly.
My rheumatology department arranged it back in January and on Monday I got a call asking if I could attend the above Vaccination Centre yesterday.
Turns out it was for a covid booster vaccination centre.
And as you can tell from the blue skies, the sun was out, infact it ended up being the hottest day of the year and hit 25C, a fluffing heatwave in April!
The sun being high with no clouds meant for ... some ... yes, you guessed it ... shadows....
I was quite lucky as I had seen all these senior citizens walking past me into the centre clutching appointment letters.
As mine appointment was arranged via the telephone two days earlier I had no letter. Fluff it, I didn't even have a confirmation text.
Did I have the right day? The right time? I was sure it was Wednesday at 2pm. They were only there on Wed and Friday and as Friday is Mrs T's off day from work I was not going to waste it with me getting some bloody shots!
I got there about twenty to two and set on a wooden bench that I was familiar with. This is the hospital that Mrs T went to with her foot problems so I knew the layout and where to go for the vaccinations etc.
So I sat and people watched and then I got to shadow hunting!
In fact you can see the edge of the bench in this next shadow pic..
Looking back the other direction I noticed the windows.
Yes they had shadows too, after all you can't keep a good window out!
This one also shows the other end of the bench.
Back to the bin though and oh no, my rucksack is in the pic!
Rectified pic minus my backpack
Just to show you the day, it was fluffing gorgeous and I am paying for it today 🤣
The female nurse explained about the different vaccinations I was getting. Shingles in one arm and the other two in my other arm.
"You didn't drive did you?" she said
"No" said I truthfully
"Good" said she
"And the Shingles injection might give you flu like symptoms for a day or so, so you should go straight home and take plenty of water etc.."
"Okay, sounds like a plan" says I in a little big white lie!
Like fluff I would, that weather, I went exploring a park I hadn't been to, and after 2 hours went shopping before meeting Mrs T on her bus.
Needless to say I am suffering today 🤣
But now, decisions, decisions, decisions!
Yes it's that time for me to choose my entry picture!
So here 👇👇👇 is my entry for Show Me A Shadow - Round 371
That was another tough choice, but fluff it, fun has to win the day!
It just captures that wee bit more of an imagination twist, it has all the straight line classics of a sharp shadow with a smooth curved dome thrown into the mix!
After all we are shadow hunting, and that should be the focus of the picture!
I never know which picture to choose as the entry, and I do try to make a story with my posts rather than just a post and a run kind of thing!!
What do you think? Did I pick the suitable one, or would you have chosen another one?
This is my contribution to Shadow Hunters SMASh Contest - Round 371 from the marvellously magical @melinda010100 and the simply superb Shadow Hunters community.
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated. All photos captured with my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL on April 30th.
@tengolotodo May 1st 2025
